Title Disarming doomsday : the human impact of nuclear weapons since Hiroshima / Becky Alexis-Martin

Published London : Pluto Press, 2019 ©2019

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Description 1 online resource (173 pages) : illustrations, map Series Radical Geography Radical geography. Contents The radical geography of nuclear warfare -- A secret history -- The mystery of the X-ray hands -- After nuclear imperialism -- After nuclear war -- Strange cartographies and war games -- Space of irregularity -- Spaces of peace -- Future war zones Summary Since before the first atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima, the history of nuclear warfare has been tangled with the spaces and places of scientific research and weapons testing, armament and disarmament, pacifism and proliferation. Nuclear geography gives us the tools to understand these events as well as the extraordinary human cost of nuclear weapons. Disarming Doomsday explores the secret history of nuclear weapons by studying the places they build and tear apart, from Los Alamos to Hiroshima. It looks at the legacy of nuclear imperialism from weapons testing on Christmas Island and across the South Pacific, as well as the lasting harm this has caused to both Indigenous communities and the soldiers that were ordered to conduct tests. Tying these complex geographies together for the first time, Disarming Doomsday takes us forward, describing how geographers and geotechnology continue to shape nuclear war and imagining ways to help prevent it in the future. -- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Becky-Alexis Martin is a lecturer in Cultural and Political Geography at Manchester Metropolitan University Print version record Subject Nuclear weapons -- Social aspects Nuclear weapons -- History Nuclear warfare -- History Nuclear weapons testing victims. HISTORY -- Military -- Other. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science. Nuclear warfare Nuclear weapons Nuclear weapons -- Social aspects Nuclear weapons testing victims Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781786804389 1786804387 9781786804396 1786804395 0745339204 9780745339207

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